Omar Khayyam

About Omar Khayyam

Omar Khayyam, a figure ranked #279 in historical importance by MIT's Pantheon project, was a towering polymath of the medieval Islamic Golden Age. He lived from 1048 to 1131, making significant contributions as a mathematician, astronomer, and poet. His mathematical legacy is notable for his work on cubic equations and his significant contributions to the reform of the calendar system in Persia, which was highly advanced for its time.

The modern internet offers a different measure of his lasting influence. In 2025, Khayyam garnered approximately 296K Wikipedia pageviews, placing his attention firmly around the 1x expected level relative to his historical rank. This suggests a relatively stable, though modest, level of digital recognition. To provide context, this view count is substantially lower than that of contemporaries like Hernán Cortés (#369 importance, 1.2M views) or Hypatia (#436 importance, 610K views), despite Khayyam's higher historical ranking.

This figure's online interest is currently trending downward, with both the year-over-year change and the Q1 versus Q3 momentum showing a decline of -12.8% and -13% respectively, indicating a gradual fading of digital engagement in the most recent period.